Process of manufacturing hats and other articles.



V L. SGHMOULOUSKY. Pfloonss OF MANUFACTURING HATS AND OTHER VABTIGLES,

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1911.

1,020,314. Pawnted Mar. 12. 1912.

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UNITED srarns PATENT" OFFICE.

LEON SCHMOULOUSKY, OF MATTEAWAN. NEW YORK.

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING HATS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, Lnox Senuoi norsnv, a subject of the Czar of Russia. residing atv Matteawan. in the, county of Dutchess and State of New York. have invented new' i-textile fabrics, rubber, paper, etc., whereby the su'f. ces of the article maybe rendered gainst the deleterious act1ons of air namental finish'of any desired color and a highdegree of luster.

In theaccompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a, perspective view of a hat made in acoordance with my process. a portion of the Fig. 2 is a section through the body of the hat.

, Incarrying my invention into practice for the manufacture of hats and other goods from paper, felt, andother like materials. I first prepare a stiffening agent composed of flour and water. boiled to .the desired consistency and mixed'fiafter being allowedto c061, with a desired quantity of boiled linseed oil. Into the stiffening paste thus ,produced, the body of the hat or article sub merged until saturated. when it is removed and wrung-'on't'by hand or machine. then placed upon hot blocking dies and then pressed. The hat or article then removed from the press. agaln dipped 111 the paste, a

second time pressed. and then subjected to hat is then taken from the drying room andheat in a drying room until it is thoroughly dried. The hat or article is then removed from the drying room and firstthoroughly oiled with'boiled linseed oil. then pounced with pumice stone until soft and smooth, and then returned to the drying room for a second drying out.v After the hat is dried the steps of- .oiling and pouncing the same are repeated, and the hat returned to the drying room and again dried. whereby it is rendered both smooth and waterproof. The

pounced with sand paper, after which it is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12. ISLE. Serial No. 607,226.

coated with an ordinary paint of the color desired. 'hile :the paint is still wet, the surface of the hat or article is covered with silk iloss or flock of the same 'color'tas the paint. which is sprinkled thereon. Thes'arface of the article thus provided is then brushed smoothly and evenly by means ofa soft hand brush. making the coating uniform over the entire surface of the article.

ly mains of the above described process, waterproof hats of a high degree of strength and durability may be manufactured from paper and other cheap materials with less cost of time and labor than the ordinary process of manufacture. and an ornamenta style of hat produced having a high degree;

faces. and a finish 3 formed of silk flock ofthe desired color, the flock being firmly cementedby paint to the body and waterproof filler.

Fig. 1 shows a hat'A made in accordance with the described process.

Having thus described the invention, I claim The herein described process of manufacturing hats and other articles. which consists in first dipping the material in a stiffening paste composed of flour, water and linseed oil. wringing out the excess paste, framing the article on hot dies, pressing the same smoothly, again dipping the formed article in the paste and pressing the same, drying the article. coating the same with boiled linseed oil, then pouncing the article with pumice stone one or more times. again drying the same, pouncing the article with sandpaper, painting the surface of the article with a paint of the desired color, sprinling the painted surface with silk floss, and finally brushing the floss to a desired smoothness.

In testimony 'whcrepf I atlix my signature in presence of tiwo witnesses.

my SCI-IMOULOUSKY. lVitnesses: t

AMBER DOLSON, ALEXAXDER J. Sarrrn. 

